I often combine many things here and do use the word " chat " liberally as I feel it is like being face-to-face with you and that I am chatting in an unedited, unscripted fashion thus more relaxed and intimate and revealing. I want to tell and share through words and pictures the stories behind things almost casually. I hope it is heart-felt. I add when and where I am to fix them in my time.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Here are the pictures that I took way back three years ago now in the store when Rik brought Roly Egerton-Warburton ( Sales & Marketing Manager ) of INDIS ( PO Box 1497 Subiaco 6904 , Western Australia, Tel : +61 8 9381 2911 Fax : +61 400 911 131 roly@foresthillwines.com.au ) wines from Western Australia to the store.

Rik and Roly were here to introduce these wines for the first time to the Washington D.C. metropolitan area this September 2005. They had with them the Chardonnay, the Shiraz and the Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot dry red blend : three wines in all for me to taste this day.

I liked very much what I sampled and we ordered some and did an in-store wine-tasting with the one white and two reds as I remember and did really well with them. They are really nicely-balanced, elegant, more-refined wines that really do marry well with food and charm many a palate at the same time.

I was especially impressed with the Chardonnay on this first tasting of the wines and liked it equally well when I revisited them at our tasting. It had a richness and yet a lightness that intrigued me and had me taking another sip or two to be sure of my first impression. It's hard for me to like many Chardonnays other than those from burgundy, France. This one had me stopping and turning my head because I was tasting something a bit new for me and I liked that.

Thanks for bringing INDIS Western Australian wines and Roly to us Rik. That was a good call. Come by the store soon and sell us some more. It's Monday night at home in northern Virginia as I write and check this before posting it ( March 9th, 2009 , 12:14 AM, just the start of March 10th!) on a really warm evening here.

Come and see us again Roly. We really like the wine from Western Australia and are always happy to have them in our store. You are welcome here any time.

Hope you enjoy these pictures. You can see we were having some fun : Roly, Rik and me. I especially like the two photos I took of Roly taking my picture. I wonder if those of me look much like these of Roly?

Cheers to one and to all and don't forget to drink lots of Aussie wines, especially well-balanced wines like these from INDIS. TONY

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About Me

Spent the first half of my life overseas with my family and the second half with my wife building our family together here in the United States. ALSO : I consider myself a wine-enabler and someone that , as an artist , always likes to " add to the equation " instead of duplicating it. I love to share my passion for both art and wine and consider the two to be related and indispensable for me in living my life fully and creatively where I am not afraid to stand alone if need be.
At this stage in my life now I am launching into a new directions and have two new pursuits to help me do this : 1) I am now consulting people on the business, love and pursuit of wine both on a private and a public/ business level and so have established my new blog site for that called : chatwinebusinesssavy.blogspot.com to reach out to you , as well as 2) a " new " wine business venture importing the wines of Brazil to the United States called BRALVIN Brazilian Wine & Alcohol at : anthony@bralvin.com as well as : www.bralvin.com. Cheers,AAQ